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ORIGINAL: thebigo

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ORIGINAL: Bill Jandro

I remember Doleman being a fairly heavy/big LB in his rookie year.

Kudos to the coaching staff back then (Burnsie maybe?)moving him to DE. I think he had over 100 career sacks.

Who? Burnsie?

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

All 50 AP voters picked Lamar Jackson as MVP.

All 9 Sports Illustrated voters picked Jackson.

The Pro Football Writers Association picked Jackson.

Sporting News picked Jackson.

PFF picked... Russell Wilson as MVP.

(Football Perspective on Twitter)

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

All 50 AP voters picked Lamar Jackson as MVP.

All 9 Sports Illustrated voters picked Jackson.

The Pro Football Writers Association picked Jackson.

Sporting News picked Jackson.

PFF picked... Russell Wilson as MVP.

(Football Perspective on Twitter)

Yep PFF marches to a different drum. Regardless of the MVP stuff Mahomes is still without any question in my mind the best QB in the NFL. That said I expect SF to win today.

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ORIGINAL: Steve Miller

I remember a very old interview with Burnsie, regarding Doleman. This interview was at least 30 or 40 years ago. It's funny the things that stick, when so much else just goes fuzzy. At any rate, Burnsie said that the team wanted to convert Doleman from linebacker to defensive end, but Doleman wasn't really having it. He liked being a linebacker. Then the team showed him how much a typical Defensive end was paid as opposed to your typical linebacker. That did the trick and the rest as they say is history

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

Interesting subject for us. It begins like this:

It may have felt like we were seeing Kirk Cousins get pressured and sacked fewer times in 2019 than the previous season but that wasn’t really the case — the Vikings simply passed the ball less. But on a per-play basis, Cousins was sacked on 6.2% of dropbacks in ’18 and 5.9% in ’19 and pressured 38.9% in ’18 and 36.4% in ’19.


https://www.skornorth.com/vikings-2/2020/02/how-the-vikings-can-reach-the-super-bowl-next-year/

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ORIGINAL: Bill Jandro

I was really surprised the 9ers were not able to run the ball like they had been the last 2 games. Chief defense was not good at stopping the run all year but they somehow were able to and Garappolo choked.

Jones from KC was a beast. he was swatting passes down like flies. I hear he is a FA. Paying him might give us more bang for our buck than paying Harris.

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

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ORIGINAL: Bill Jandro

I was really surprised the 9ers were not able to run the ball like they had been the last 2 games. Chief defense was not good at stopping the run all year but they somehow were able to and Garappolo choked.

Jones from KC was a beast. he was swatting passes down like flies. I hear he is a FA. Paying him might give us more bang for our buck than paying Harris.

Coming from Super Bowl champions might mean he will come at a premium price.

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ORIGINAL: Ragnarök

The Niners pulled another three minutes and four seconds off the game with a very patient five-play drive, as they hang onto a 20-10 lead in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl LIV.

Quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo was working the play clock throughout the drive, making sure to grind as much of it as he could before snapping.

They punted back to the Chiefs with 8:53 left, which is plenty of time if they play the way they have in the playoffs. But the 49ers defense is doing things to them no one else has been able to.

The end of that game and Niners coaching was just so Vikings like in plan and execution right down to the abandoning of D schemes that had been working all game and going into prevent up by ten...

Garoppolo will be the whipping boy in Niners Nation on loss, but tell me fellow Vikings fans, If you plugged in Kirk Cousins would there have been any difference in outcome?

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ORIGINAL: CPAMAN

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ORIGINAL: Ragnarök

The Niners pulled another three minutes and four seconds off the game with a very patient five-play drive, as they hang onto a 20-10 lead in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl LIV.

Quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo was working the play clock throughout the drive, making sure to grind as much of it as he could before snapping.

They punted back to the Chiefs with 8:53 left, which is plenty of time if they play the way they have in the playoffs. But the 49ers defense is doing things to them no one else has been able to.

The end of that game and Niners coaching was just so Vikings like in plan and execution right down to the abandoning of D schemes that had been working all game and going into prevent up by ten...

Garoppolo will be the whipping boy in Niners Nation on loss, but tell me fellow Vikings fans, If you plugged in Kirk Cousins would there have been any difference in outcome?

No. The 49ers scripted the Mike Zimmer "bend but don't break mentality" defense in the 4th quarter and it cost them a Super Bowl victory. IMO, San Fran has a better overall team but KC has a far better QB in Mahomes.

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: CPAMAN

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ORIGINAL: Ragnarök

The Niners pulled another three minutes and four seconds off the game with a very patient five-play drive, as they hang onto a 20-10 lead in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl LIV.

Quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo was working the play clock throughout the drive, making sure to grind as much of it as he could before snapping.

They punted back to the Chiefs with 8:53 left, which is plenty of time if they play the way they have in the playoffs. But the 49ers defense is doing things to them no one else has been able to.

The end of that game and Niners coaching was just so Vikings like in plan and execution right down to the abandoning of D schemes that had been working all game and going into prevent up by ten...

Garoppolo will be the whipping boy in Niners Nation on loss, but tell me fellow Vikings fans, If you plugged in Kirk Cousins would there have been any difference in outcome?

No. The 49ers scripted the Mike Zimmer "bend but don't break mentality" defense in the 4th quarter and it cost them a Super Bowl victory. IMO, San Fran has a better overall team but KC has a far better QB in Mahomes.

I don't agree; the 49ers blitzed Mahomes at times and pressured the hell out of him with their base defense most of the game.....he was sacked 4 times and escaped at leaste 4-5 more. His movement in the pocket was the difference as he bought extra time.

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: CPAMAN

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ORIGINAL: Ragnarök

The Niners pulled another three minutes and four seconds off the game with a very patient five-play drive, as they hang onto a 20-10 lead in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl LIV.

Quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo was working the play clock throughout the drive, making sure to grind as much of it as he could before snapping.

They punted back to the Chiefs with 8:53 left, which is plenty of time if they play the way they have in the playoffs. But the 49ers defense is doing things to them no one else has been able to.

The end of that game and Niners coaching was just so Vikings like in plan and execution right down to the abandoning of D schemes that had been working all game and going into prevent up by ten...

Garoppolo will be the whipping boy in Niners Nation on loss, but tell me fellow Vikings fans, If you plugged in Kirk Cousins would there have been any difference in outcome?

No. The 49ers scripted the Mike Zimmer "bend but don't break mentality" defense in the 4th quarter and it cost them a Super Bowl victory. IMO, San Fran has a better overall team but KC has a far better QB in Mahomes.

I don't agree; the 49ers blitzed Mahomes at times and pressured the hell out of him with their base defense most of the game.....he was sacked 4 times and escaped at leaste 4-5 more. His movement in the pocket was the difference as he bought extra time.

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ORIGINAL: Brad H

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: CPAMAN

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ORIGINAL: Ragnarök

The Niners pulled another three minutes and four seconds off the game with a very patient five-play drive, as they hang onto a 20-10 lead in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl LIV.

Quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo was working the play clock throughout the drive, making sure to grind as much of it as he could before snapping.

They punted back to the Chiefs with 8:53 left, which is plenty of time if they play the way they have in the playoffs. But the 49ers defense is doing things to them no one else has been able to.

The end of that game and Niners coaching was just so Vikings like in plan and execution right down to the abandoning of D schemes that had been working all game and going into prevent up by ten...

Garoppolo will be the whipping boy in Niners Nation on loss, but tell me fellow Vikings fans, If you plugged in Kirk Cousins would there have been any difference in outcome?

No. The 49ers scripted the Mike Zimmer "bend but don't break mentality" defense in the 4th quarter and it cost them a Super Bowl victory. IMO, San Fran has a better overall team but KC has a far better QB in Mahomes.

I don't agree; the 49ers blitzed Mahomes at times and pressured the hell out of him with their base defense most of the game.....he was sacked 4 times and escaped at leaste 4-5 more. His movement in the pocket was the difference as he bought extra time.

Totally agree. His ability to extend plays is where the game is at in 2020. Kirk Cousins does not have that ability.

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ORIGINAL: CPAMAN

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: CPAMAN

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ORIGINAL: Ragnarök

The Niners pulled another three minutes and four seconds off the game with a very patient five-play drive, as they hang onto a 20-10 lead in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl LIV.

Quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo was working the play clock throughout the drive, making sure to grind as much of it as he could before snapping.

They punted back to the Chiefs with 8:53 left, which is plenty of time if they play the way they have in the playoffs. But the 49ers defense is doing things to them no one else has been able to.

The end of that game and Niners coaching was just so Vikings like in plan and execution right down to the abandoning of D schemes that had been working all game and going into prevent up by ten...

Garoppolo will be the whipping boy in Niners Nation on loss, but tell me fellow Vikings fans, If you plugged in Kirk Cousins would there have been any difference in outcome?

No. The 49ers scripted the Mike Zimmer "bend but don't break mentality" defense in the 4th quarter and it cost them a Super Bowl victory. IMO, San Fran has a better overall team but KC has a far better QB in Mahomes.

I don't agree; the 49ers blitzed Mahomes at times and pressured the hell out of him with their base defense most of the game.....he was sacked 4 times and escaped at leaste 4-5 more. His movement in the pocket was the difference as he bought extra time.

What don't you agree with Phil? I said that Mahomes was the difference.

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ORIGINAL: Brad H

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: CPAMAN

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ORIGINAL: Ragnarök

The Niners pulled another three minutes and four seconds off the game with a very patient five-play drive, as they hang onto a 20-10 lead in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl LIV.

Quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo was working the play clock throughout the drive, making sure to grind as much of it as he could before snapping.

They punted back to the Chiefs with 8:53 left, which is plenty of time if they play the way they have in the playoffs. But the 49ers defense is doing things to them no one else has been able to.

The end of that game and Niners coaching was just so Vikings like in plan and execution right down to the abandoning of D schemes that had been working all game and going into prevent up by ten...

Garoppolo will be the whipping boy in Niners Nation on loss, but tell me fellow Vikings fans, If you plugged in Kirk Cousins would there have been any difference in outcome?

No. The 49ers scripted the Mike Zimmer "bend but don't break mentality" defense in the 4th quarter and it cost them a Super Bowl victory. IMO, San Fran has a better overall team but KC has a far better QB in Mahomes.

I don't agree; the 49ers blitzed Mahomes at times and pressured the hell out of him with their base defense most of the game.....he was sacked 4 times and escaped at leaste 4-5 more. His movement in the pocket was the difference as he bought extra time.

Totally agree. His ability to extend plays is where the game is at in 2020. Kirk Cousins does not have that ability.

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ORIGINAL: SteveR

It was a decent Super Bowl. I actually watched the whole thing this year. The KC comeback was somewhat expected. That was the norm for them in the playoffs. I thought the 49ers could hold them off with their run game toward the end, but then they passed twice in a row, had to punt and that was the end of their lead. Still, they had a good chance to tie it up if it wasn't for the INT.

Good for Reid going for it on fourth down early in the game and getting the TD rather than the FG. As I watched, I thought, Vikings would not never do that.

If Mahomes stays healthy and doesn't take all of KC's money, he can do a lot of damage. The AFC seems to have gotten more interesting though with the Titans and Ravens, etc. I'm curious to see how the Patriots are going to end up, too. On our side, Vikes got a lot of work to do. KC winning is probably as close as we are going to get to the Super Bowl for a while. We at least got to see them end a 50 year drought.